winding engine
1Winding engine — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
2Winding engine — A winding engine is a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example at a pit head. Electric hoist controllers that have replaced proper winding engines in modern mining but use electric motors are also traditionally referred to as… …
3winding engine — noun : a hoisting engine : hoist * * * winding engine noun A machine for hoisting • • • Main Entry: ↑wind …
4Winding — Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
5Winding sheet — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
6Winding tackle — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… …
7winding — n. 1 in senses of WIND(2) v. 2 curved or sinuous motion or movement. 3 a a thing that is wound round or coiled. b Electr. coils of wire as a conductor round an armature etc. Phrases and idioms: winding engine a machine for hoisting. winding sheet …
8Winding tower — A winding tower also known as a headframe [Howard L. Hartman and Seeley W. Mudd, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DsSmPKEOWDcC SME mining engineering handbook: Vol.2] , Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, 1992, page 1572.] , poppet… …
9engine — A device for changing fuel energy to mechanical energy. The term applies to the primary source of power generation. In Britain there is a desire to make a clear distinction between engine and motor so that motor refers only to electric power… …
10winding the engine — Running the engine at top rpm …
